Byron E. Grote (born 1948 or 1949) is currently the chief financial officer of BP. He has been with the company since 1987 following their aquisition of Standard Oil of Ohio where he had worked since 1979. He took the position of CFO in 2002. He received a Ph.D in 1981 in quantitative analysis from Cornell University. 1948 (MCMXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1948 calendar). ... 1949 (MCMXLIX) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1949 calendar). ... The Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of a company is the corporate officer primarily responsible for managing the financial risks of a business. ... BP plc (LSE: BP, NYSE: BP, TYO: 5051 ), originally British Petroleum, is a British energy company with headquarters in London, one of four vertically integrated private sector oil, natural gas, and petrol (gasoline) supermajors in the world. ... 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Standard Oil of Ohio or Sohio was an American oil company that was acquired by British Petroleum, now part of BP. It was one of the successor companies to Standard Oil after the antitrust breakup in 1911. ... This page refers to the year 1979. ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ... Doctor of Philosophy (Ph. ... This is about the university. ...